D
    I once had a dark haired true lover,
            A                 D
    she was all this world to me.
         G                    D
    She promised herself to another,
          A                        D
     now don't you think this was mean.

      D
Take back every word you have spoken,
       A                      D
let it be as though we never met,
       G                          D
for tonight I'm a poor boy heartbroken,
         A            A7        D
I'll forgive but I'll never forget.

( D A D )

           D
    I was young when I wrote my first letter,
        A                     D
    I blotted the lines with tears,
         G                    D
    but now I am old, I know better,
        A                    D
    we parted for many long years

      D
Take back every word you have spoken,
       A                      D
let it be as though we never met,
       G                          D
for tonight I'm a poor boy heartbroken,
         A            A7        D
I'll forgive but I'll never forget.

( D A D )

        D
    Oh Ruth, oh Ruth, how I love you,
         A                     D
    you just seem to me like a bird,
         G                           D
    although you went back on your promise,
         A                          D
    although you went back on your word.

      D
Take back every word you have spoken,
       A                      D
let it be as though we never met,
       G                          D
for tonight I'm a poor boy heartbroken,
         A            A7        D
I'll forgive but I'll never forget.

( D A D )

        D
    We parted in the month of September,
          A                  D
    some says we parted for life,
           G                D
    but I hope someday or another,
          A                         D
    I'll call you my sweet darling wife.

      D
Take back every word you have spoken,
       A                      D
let it be as though we never met,
       G                          D
for tonight I'm a poor boy heartbroken,
         A            A7        D
I'll forgive but I'll never forget.

( D A D )

       D
    I wish I had someone to love me,
        A                     D
    someone to call me their own,
             G                        D
    for I'm out in this wide world a wand'ring,
         A               D
    I'm tired of living alone.